List of Tables ................................................. XI
List of Figures ............................................... XII
Preface ........................................................ XV
1 International Growth of SMEs—Past, Present and the Future .... 1
NIINA NUMMELA AND SAMI SAARENKETO
PART I
Drivers of International Growth of SMEs
2 Entrepreneurs' Human and Relational Capital as Predictors
of Early Internationalization: Evidence from Latin America
and Southeast Asia .......................................... 11
JUAN FEDERICO, HUGO KANTIS, ALEX RIALP AND JOSEP RIALP
3 The Board's Influence on the Internationalization
Process in SMEs ............................................. 29
JOHANNA NISULS, ANETTE SÖDERQVIST AND SÖREN КОСК
4 International Growth Orientation of SME Managers and
Entrepreneurs—A Three-Year Follow-up Study .................. 47
ARTO KUULUVAINEN AND ERIIKKA FAAVILAINEN-MÄNTYMÄKI
5 The Dark Side of International Growth ....................... 65
JARNA HEINONEN AND ULLA HYTTI
PART II
International Growth Trajectories of SMEs
6 Growth and Internationalization of French and Danish SMEs ... 83
MATHIEU CABROL, FREDERIC NLEMVO, ERIK RASMUSSEN, PER
SERVAIS AND ARILD ASPELUND
7 International Growth Strategies in Different Marketing
Contexts .................................................... 97
SVANTE ANDERSSON
8 Analyzing the Moves of International Entrepreneurial
Organizations: The Entry of SMEs to Complex Markets ........ 115
ANTONELLA ZUCCHELLA
9 The Binary Choice Facing SME Internationalization .......... 135
COLIN CAMPBELL-HUNT AND SYLVIE CHETTY
10 Technology-based New Ventures and Critical Incidents
in Growth .................................................. 155
JANI LINDQVIST, OLLI KUIVALAINEN AND SAMI SAARENKETO
PART III
How Should We Study International Growth?
11 Toward a Typology of Rapidly Internationalizing SMEs ....... 177
JIM BELL, SHARON LOANE, ROD B. MCNAUGHTON AND PER SERVAIS
12 Sampling Frames for Cross-national Survey Research in
International Entrepreneurship ............................. 191
SCOTT PAUL JOHNSTON, MARIAN V. JONES, ANNA MORGAN-THOMAS
AND GEORGE I. VLACHOS
13 Export Behavior, Growth and Performance of SMEs: Does
Ownership Matter? .......................................... 210
JORMA LARIMO
PART IV
The Role of Networks in the International Growth of SMEs
14 New Venture Internationalization and Technological
Learning: A Social Capital Perspective ..................... 231
SHAMEEN PRASHANTHAM
15 Change in SME Internationalization: A Network
Perspective ................................................ 248
NIINA NUMMELA
PART V
Illustrative Cases
16 A Different Story on Rapid International Growth—CV
Online ..................................................... 267
TIIA VISSAK
17 A Path of International Growth—Case PurFilec Ltd ........... 276
LEILA HURMERINTA
18 The International Growth of a Privately-owned Enterprise
from China ................................................. 284
PETER ZETTINIG AND CHURU LIN
Epilogue: Where to Head from Here? ......................... 293
NIINA NUMMELA
Contributors .................................................. 295
Index ......................................................... 301
|